Muckaway:
Aren’t those sideguards requested by Tarmac as they have subbies in London? I know FORS and other namby pamby directives ask for them but I wasn’t aware they were law?
I’d have the adblue “taken care of” by someone with a laptop too if I have my way.
Half of his vehicles aren’t contracted Nathan.Google it, I did, regarding construction and use.
Cheers Dave.
Sounds like the rear underrun is a new thing Dave. I can’t think the rear overhang is over 1.1metres. I suppose it sounds good in the classroom, but I’ve seen a few new tippers with the underruns covered in debris. One solution creates another problem.
Hello Nathan, i’ve retired now but before i did had a wad through from Smiths with all the requirements to be fitted to all tippers. Included were side under run bars, cameras everywhere, turning left warnings [fat of good that would be to a cyclist with head phones on] I did not want my 20 yr old Foden tarted up, ps it had a very efficient jake brake. Loved it. Amy.
smalltrucker:
Hello Nathan, i’ve retired now but before i did had a wad through from Smiths with all the requirements to be fitted to all tippers. Included were side under run bars, cameras everywhere, turning left warnings [fat of good that would be to a cyclist with head phones on] I did not want my 20 yr old Foden tarted up, ps it had a very efficient jake brake. Loved it. Amy.
Jesus I’ve only just realised who you are. 
I thought I hadn’t seen you around (waiting for the stone to get crushed in Ardley 
) Smiths started to go “hug a cyclist” when I was there (I didn’t want my Foden covered in bits of tin and Maplin catelogue bits either). There’re plenty of subbies on there without all that junk stuck to them.
How long have you been finished now? I remember that blue Foden you had, when I was on the shovels the pit blokes didn’t like loading it as the body was quite small (some of us never had that problem 
).
I bet they love loading those Arocs with the little Predator bodies on…
From September all lorry’s in london need the bars indicator alarm etc.
As for bowels bodies there ok if your keeping the lorry 3 years but if your buying it to keep the Thompson will pay for it self
kr79:
From September all lorry’s in london need the bars indicator alarm etc.
As for bowels bodies there ok if your keeping the lorry 3 years but if your buying it to keep the Thompson will pay for it self
I thought it was a London thing. In that case we definitely wont need them, although I’ve heard some big jobs in the Oxford colleges prefer lorries to have the London spec on them. There’s an increasing number of Abba bodied tippers about, don’t know if that’s down to Thompson build time or not?
New to the forum but not new to Lorries.
My father spent all his working life driving lorries mainly tippers out of the Mendip Quarries. He drove for ECC out of Colemans and then Callow Rock, also for Foster Yeoman’s out of Merehead and in between these two he ran his own lorries out of Dulcote (Wells) and Merehead. I have many fond memories of going off in the summer holidays with a load of tar up to London etc. My favourites were the two Guy Big J4 tippers he had, both with the AEC 505 engine. Nice lorries that I wish we still had!
Hi, Rootes, welcome to the madhouse. If one might be a bit personal, does your Username refer to cars, commercials or superchargers?
Muckaway:
Sounds like the rear underrun is a new thing Dave. I can’t think the rear overhang is over 1.1metres. I suppose it sounds good in the classroom, but I’ve seen a few new tippers with the underruns covered in debris. One solution creates another problem.
We got 4 new scania’s on the way. Two are ready for the the new reg in two weeks. Two have boweld bodys on and they got the side guards and rear underruns on. Looks ■■■■. Can see them been bent in a few days. Dont know about the turning alarms did not think about trying that.
I think I saw you leaving Astwick quarry last week Se4n. Churchills’ always did well regarding payload with their tippers. I used to get nigh on 20 on a couple of theirs.
How long has their tip at Astwick got left? Seems to go on for ever.
I can get 19.7 in my 57 plate with a charlton body. The 14 plate euro 6 scania’s can get 19.5 in them with boweld bodys. There is one with a predator body on but dont really talk to the driver so dont know what his is like.
Think i waved at you going passed. Still a lot to go into croughton. Would say just over halfway done. Not running much in there to try keep the mud on the road down. And its flooded again at the moment.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Rootes, welcome to the madhouse. If one might be a bit personal, does your Username refer to cars, commercials or superchargers?
Hi, the username refers to both cars and commercials. I am restoring a 1950 Commer QX and I have a 1978 Karrier Bantam. Cars wise I have a couple of old Hillmans.
Artic trailer having a lie down this morning at Earthlines’ Shipton Quarry. Either the load of muck didn’t want to get out or the ram had an off day. He wasn’t even tipping on the landfill, they used too but were banned due to bad weather conditions. Now all artics banned from tipping waste which will upset C.Doyles. According to Trucking, they’ve bought a new Kelberg trailer to “service the Earthline quarry.”
Those ‘things that bend in the middle’ seem to lie down at the slightest excuse Nathan, a blooming nuisance at times! 
Pete.
Dan Punchard:
Thanks ,the picture is from 2002 we still have the unit in the yard it has an aluminium tank and wheels now and still only 350,000 ks it was £2500 in 2002 as the firm didnt have a twin splitter driver ,they bought an fl10 in its place ,backwards or what? I think it’s worth more now!
410 rolls twin splitter heaven. Will you take 6 grand for it dan ?
Rootes75:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Rootes, welcome to the madhouse. If one might be a bit personal, does your Username refer to cars, commercials or superchargers?Hi, the username refers to both cars and commercials. I am restoring a 1950 Commer QX and I have a 1978 Karrier Bantam. Cars wise I have a couple of old Hillmans.
It was just me being nosey! I reckoned the stroker Commers were super lorries- you had the choice of driving them “normally” and getting a brilliant 14MPG or taking the air filter off and thrashing them up to around 70mph.
In a much younger life I worked for a Rootes main dealer for a couple of years. The cars were delivered in a pretty poor condition with oil missing from gearboxes and various faults with mechanical components. Peculiarly, bodywork was always spot on, no matter whether it was a Hillman Imp or a Humber.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Rootes75:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Rootes, welcome to the madhouse. If one might be a bit personal, does your Username refer to cars, commercials or superchargers?Hi, the username refers to both cars and commercials. I am restoring a 1950 Commer QX and I have a 1978 Karrier Bantam. Cars wise I have a couple of old Hillmans.
It was just me being nosey! I reckoned the stroker Commers were super lorries- you had the choice of driving them “normally” and getting a brilliant 14MPG or taking the air filter off and thrashing them up to around 70mph.
In a much younger life I worked for a Rootes main dealer for a couple of years. The cars were delivered in a pretty poor condition with oil missing from gearboxes and various faults with mechanical components. Peculiarly, bodywork was always spot on, no matter whether it was a Hillman Imp or a Humber.
Our Headmaster, Mr Butler, had a Singer Gazelle. Maybe 1959. His brother was a Rootes Director.
At the time, Dad had a J2 Minibus, great for collecting stock for the shop he ran at the time. With the J2, you practically had to swing the doors from full open to slam them closed.
If I ever got in Mr Butler’s Gazelle, he would say ‘Don’t slam the…(slam)…door!’
It was unusual in that you could pull the doors closed.
John.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Rootes75:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Rootes, welcome to the madhouse. If one might be a bit personal, does your Username refer to cars, commercials or superchargers?Hi, the username refers to both cars and commercials. I am restoring a 1950 Commer QX and I have a 1978 Karrier Bantam. Cars wise I have a couple of old Hillmans.
It was just me being nosey! I reckoned the stroker Commers were super lorries- you had the choice of driving them “normally” and getting a brilliant 14MPG or taking the air filter off and thrashing them up to around 70mph.
In a much younger life I worked for a Rootes main dealer for a couple of years. The cars were delivered in a pretty poor condition with oil missing from gearboxes and various faults with mechanical components. Peculiarly, bodywork was always spot on, no matter whether it was a Hillman Imp or a Humber.
My Commer has the Rootes 6 cylinder petrol engine, its led over about 60 degrees so that it still sits under the cab and allows a full width bench seat. Its often referred to as the ‘sloper’ engine. It sounds lovely when its going.
Dan Punchard:
Yates ,Allsop ,mountains ,mellors,and more I can’t remember now all had drivers that stood up at wheel
did saterday work for trimmer pichmastick blocks from corder to nene barje p boro he hand balled them on i hand balled em of got back bout 11 o clock he sed next one loaded off you go 25 pound a load only wonted to drive his new volvo f7 
go old days 
